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Harvey Keitel and Luke Wilson in Die lächerlichen Sechs (2015)
Has demonstrated extraordinary enthusiasm for working with first-time directors, from Martin Scorsese in 1968 to Ridley Scott, Paul Schrader, James Toback, Quentin Tarantino, and in 1999, Vietnamese-American Tony Bui.
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Harvey Keitel in Die lächerlichen Sechs (2015)
His last name is pronounced "ky-tel".
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Harvey Keitel in Ewige Jugend (2015)
Listed as one of Entertainment Weekly magazine's 25 Best Actors (1998).
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Harvey Keitel and Jane Fonda in Ewige Jugend (2015)
Was in a long-term relationship with actress Lorraine Bracco (1982-1993). They had one daughter, Stella Keitel (born 1985).
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Harvey Keitel and Michael Caine in Ewige Jugend (2015)
Met wife, Daphna Kastner at the Toronto film festival on 11 September 2001 and married her in a secret ceremony in Jerusalem, Israel three weeks later (7 October).
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Harvey Keitel, Michael Caine, and Rachel Weisz in Ewige Jugend (2015)
Has one son from his then girlfriend with Lisa Karmazin, a potter in California: Hudson Keitel (born 2001).
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
Is a member of the Actors Studio, had studied with Frank Corsaro, Lee Strasberg and Stella Adler.
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Harvey Keitel and Lior Ashkenazi in Esau (2019)
Operates his own film production company, The Goatsingers, with partner Peggy Gormley.
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Harvey Keitel and Keith Carradine in Die Duellisten (1977)
Shares two roles with Dennis Farina. At the end of Get Shorty (1995), he plays the Dennis Farina character in the movie-within-a-movie. Farina also originated the role of Jack Crawford in Manhunter (1986), a role that Keitel played in the remake Roter Drache (2002).
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Jodie Foster and Harvey Keitel in Taxi Driver (1976)
Has appeared in the crime drama Get Shorty (1995) and its sequel, Be Cool (2005), but in two completely different roles.
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Taxi Driver (1976)
Like his good friend Robert De Niro, Keitel is usually very uncomfortable during interviews, often nervously laughing through them.
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Harvey Keitel in Wer klopft denn da an meine Tür? (1967)
Although he frequently plays U.S. Italian characters, Keitel is the son of Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe. His mother, Miriam (Klein), was from Romania, and his father, Harry Keitel, was from Poland.
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Harvey Keitel in Wer klopft denn da an meine Tür? (1967)
Is one of three actors to play Jack Crawford in the Hannibal Lecter films. He played the role in Roter Drache (2002), while Scott Glenn played the role in The Silence of the Lambs (1991), and Dennis Farina played the role in Manhunter (1986).
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Harvey Keitel and Zina Bethune in Wer klopft denn da an meine Tür? (1967)
Received his Bachelor's degree in Fine Arts from the prestigious Actors Studio, New School University in New York City, under Dean James Lipton.
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Harvey Keitel in Wer klopft denn da an meine Tür? (1967)
He was honored with a lifetime achievement award at the 24th Istanbul Film Festival on April 16, 2005.
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Harvey Keitel and Zina Bethune in Wer klopft denn da an meine Tür? (1967)
Has one son with wife Daphna Kastner: Roman Keitel. [August 2004]
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Harvey Keitel in Wer klopft denn da an meine Tür? (1967)
Apocalypse Now (1979), from which he was fired, was loosely based on Joseph Conrad's novel, "Heart of Darkness". Although Keitel did not appear in the final film, he does appear in The Duellists (1977), which is based on another Conrad story.
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Harvey Keitel and Zina Bethune in Wer klopft denn da an meine Tür? (1967)
Presented good friend and fellow actor Michael Madsen with the inaugural Rebel Award for his past, present and ongoing commitment to independent film at Rebelfest 2005, Toronto.
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Harvey Keitel and Zina Bethune in Wer klopft denn da an meine Tür? (1967)
Godfather to good friend Michael Madsen's son Max.
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Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
Has played a "cleaner" in both Point of No Return (1993) (Victor the Cleaner) and in Pulp Fiction (1994) (Winston "The Wolf" Wolfe).
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Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
Has appeared in Puerto Vallarta Squeeze (2004) opposite Scott Glenn, with whom he shared the role of Jack Crawford in the Hannibal Lecter films.
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Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
Resides in New York City. Also owns a home in California.
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Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
He studied drama at HB Studio in Greenwich Village, New York City.
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
Has played both a criminal pursuing a woman who is disguised as a nun by a police lieutenant in Sister Act (1992), and a police lieutenant pursuing two criminals who raped a nun in Bad Lieutenant (1992).
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
As of 2015, has appeared in six films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: Taxi Driver (1976), Bugsy (1991), The Piano (1993), Pulp Fiction (1994), Inglourious Basterds (2009) and The Grand Budapest Hotel (2014).
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
His singing voice in The Bridge of San Luis Rey (2004) was dubbed by the actor and baritone Emilio Gavira.
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
Has starred in the debuts of two iconic directors of different generations: Martin Scorsese's Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967) and Quentin Tarantino's Reservoir Dogs (1992). He also starred in the movies that would launch their careers: Mean Streets (1973) and Pulp Fiction (1994).
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Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
Harvey's favorite actor is Pauly Shore and he claimed in an interview with Larry King that Shore's performance in Son in Law (1993) nearly made him leave the business to make way for new talent.
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
Has starred in the debuts of four directors: Who's That Knocking at My Door (1967) by Martin Scorsese, The Duellists (1977) by Ridley Scott, Fingers (1978) by James Toback and Reservoir Dogs (1992) by Quentin Tarantino.
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
As of 2017, he appeared in three films that won that Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival: Taxi Driver (1976), The Piano (1993) and Pulp Fiction (1994).
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
During the shoot of See You Soon (2019) in Cluj-Napoca, Romania, Keitel took some time off and visited his mother's birthplace, Leordina, Maramures county, northern Romania. His mother lived in the Leordina commune until the age of twelve. After visiting the house where his mother grew up, Keitel also visited the Jewish cemetery where his ancestors are buried. Keitel was welcomed with traditional food and drinks and received a traditional costume. The authorities in Leordina named him an honorary citizen of the commune, and promised to restore his mother's old house. [July 2017].
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
He has appeared in four films that have been selected for the National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically or aesthetically" significant: Mean Streets (1973), Taxi Driver (1976), Thelma & Louise (1991) and Pulp Fiction (1994).
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Harvey Keitel and Ed Quinn in Deadly Message (2002)
In January 2008, he played Jerry Springer in the New York City premiere of Jerry Springer: The Opera at Carnegie Hall.
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Harvey Keitel in Young Americans - Todesspiele (1993)
Since 2014, he has reprised his role of Winston Wolfe from Pulp Fiction (1994) as part of a £40 million television advertising campaign for British insurance company Direct Line.
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Harvey Keitel in Young Americans - Todesspiele (1993)
He was Sylvester Stallone's original choice to play Paulie in Rocky (1976).
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Harvey Keitel and Jack Nicholson in Grenzpatrouille (1982)
He was originally cast as Victor Ziegler in Eyes Wide Shut but he left the long production due to his obligations to another project. The role was recast with Sydney Pollack.
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Harvey Keitel in Grenzpatrouille (1982)
He was approached to play God in God Has a Rap Sheet (2003).
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Harvey Keitel in Grenzpatrouille (1982)
He was considered for Mr. Horowitz in Clueless (1995), but was deemed too expensive for the part.
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Harvey Keitel and Jack Nicholson in Grenzpatrouille (1982)
He filmed a cameo in It's Pat: The Movie (1994) as a priest, but it ended up on the cutting room floor.
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Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
He was offered the role of Dorothy Macha in Revolver (2005) that went to Ray Liotta.
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
He was considered for the role of Max in Once Upon a Time in America (1984) that went to James Woods.
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Robert De Niro and Harvey Keitel in Hexenkessel (1973)
He was considered for the role of Jimmy Serrano in Midnight Run (1988) that went to Dennis Farina.
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